Posts tagged: innovation hubs

Taking Stock of Innovation Hubs Literature, Plus Three Working Papers

14 February 2018 0

It has almost been a year since I finished the final draft of my dissertation about African innovation hubs. In the meantime, a number of publications have come out about hubs in Africa and elsewhere, some in high-profile venues (references are below). This probably signifies that hubs are becoming accepted as a unique and interesting organizational… Read More: Taking Stock of Innovation Hubs Literature, Plus Three Working Papers »

Africa’s Digital (R)Evolution: An Enterprise Perspective

2 June 2017 0

Digital entrepreneurship is on the rise across Africa. There is no question that the number of technology startups and the number of organizations trying to support them has multiplied in recent years. Many have taken this rise of activity to indicate a fundamental and promising shift. Already, The Next Africa has been proclaimed, and policymakers… Read More: Africa’s Digital (R)Evolution: An Enterprise Perspective »

Dissertation: African Hubs as Assemblers of Technology Entrepreneurs

5 May 2017 0

Good news: my dissertation on African technology innovation hubs is now complete! The permanent digital record (incl. a pdf for download) is here, and the hardbound copy will shortly be deposited with Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries as well. Friederici, N. (2016, October). Innovation Hubs in Africa: Assemblers of Technology Entrepreneurs. Dissertation, Oxford, UK: Oxford Internet Institute, University… Read More: Dissertation: African Hubs as Assemblers of Technology Entrepreneurs »

Hiring a Researcher at Oxford: Digital Entrepreneurship | Economic Geography | Sub-Saharan Africa

9 December 2016 1

We are recruiting a full-time Researcher to work with us at the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) on a project that critically assesses the changing landscape of digital entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Researcher will conduct a grounded, comparative empirical study of digital entrepreneurship in African cities. We are interested in the practices of digital entrepreneurship,… Read More: Hiring a Researcher at Oxford: Digital Entrepreneurship | Economic Geography | Sub-Saharan… »

Reconsidering the Role of the Digital in Global Production Networks (new paper)

13 April 2016 0

Chris Foster and I have a new publication that will be coming out in Global Networks: Foster, C. and Graham, M. 2016. Reconsidering the Role of the Digital in Global Production Networks. Global Networks. DOI: 10.1111/glob.12142 (pre-publication version here). Abstract: Global production networks (GPN) has become a key framework in conceptualising linkages, power and structure… Read More: Reconsidering the Role of the Digital in Global Production Networks… »

‘Digital Transformations of Work’ 🎬 Conference Webcasts 🎬

23 March 2016 0

The Digital Transformations of Work Conference that Alex Wood and I organised brought together a room full of brilliant and passionate speakers and 80 guests to have a wide-ranging and critical conversation about what digital transformations mean for the future of work (and workers). Sadly, the room could only accommodate 80 and we had a huge… Read More: ‘Digital Transformations of Work’ 🎬 Conference Webcasts 🎬 »

The Domestic Turn: Business Process Outsourcing and the Growing Automation of Kenyan Organisations (now in print)

22 March 2016 0

I’m happy to announce a new paper to come out of our previous project studying Development and Broadband Internet Access in East Africa. The project looked at the role that changing connectivity in East Africa was having on three sectors of the economy: tea, tourism, and business process outsourcing (BPO). This paper, written with Laura Mann, focuses… Read More: The Domestic Turn: Business Process Outsourcing and the Growing Automation… »

Growing the Kenyan Business Process Outsourcing Sector (new publication)

19 January 2016 0

A new publication of ours in now out in The African Technopolitan. Graham, M., Mann, L., Friederici, N. and Waema, T. 2016. Growing the Kenyan Business Process Outsourcing Sector, The African Technopolitan. 5 93-95 The short piece is based on our longer report on the Internet and Business Process Outsourcing in East Africa. It offers a summary… Read More: Growing the Kenyan Business Process Outsourcing Sector (new publication) »

Hubs vs. Incubators: What Are the Pain Points for Impact and Efficiency?

28 December 2015 0

With tech entrepreneurship on the rise across Africa, efforts to support the agenda are evolving and diversifying. There has been quite a bit of debate—sometimes of the heated kind—about whether incubators, hubs, labs, and other support organizations work. In my view, what’s often missing from such discussions is a deeper understanding of what a hub… Read More: Hubs vs. Incubators: What Are the Pain Points for Impact… »

Connectivity & entrepreneurship discourse: new CfP for AAG 2016 in San Francisco

29 September 2015 0

Two of us just put out a last-minute CfP for next year’s AAG. This ties especially into Innovation Hubs pillar. Please share widely and submit by Oct 19 if you have suitable work in progress.   — CfP AAG 2016: The productive power of connectivity and entrepreneurship discourses at economic margins AAG Annual Meeting, San Francisco,… Read More: Connectivity & entrepreneurship discourse: new CfP for AAG 2016 in… »